Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, has been extradited to the United States.
Kayode faces charges related to a Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud indictment filed in 2019, involving a sophisticated $6 million business email compromise (BEC) scheme.
Kayode, who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, was apprehended in Ghana in April 2023.
Following his arrest, he was handed over to FBI special agents and transported to the District of Nebraska, USA.
His initial court appearance took place where U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson ordered that he remain detained pending trial.
The indictment accuses Kayode of being part of a network that defrauded businesses by providing bank accounts used in the scam.
The BEC scheme involved co-conspirators impersonating company executives through spoofed emails, deceiving employees into wiring funds.
Additionally, victims of romance scams were reportedly exploited to launder money through their accounts.
FBI Omaha Special Agent in Charge Eugene Kowel commented on the case, stating, "Four years ago, we identified six Nigerian nationals suspected of defrauding individual victims and businesses in Nebraska and other states of millions of dollars.
Today, Abiola Kayode is the second of those co-conspirators to be extradited to stand trial in Nebraska. Our message to the remaining four co-conspirators; we are coming for you."
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